Medium severity · published Feb 1, 2022
CVE-2021-43848
h2o is an open source http server
5.9
CVSS
2.7%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
h2o is an open source http server. In code prior to the `8c0eca3` commit h2o may attempt to access uninitialized memory. When receiving QUIC frames in certain order, HTTP/3 server-side implementation of h2o can be misguided to treat uninitialized memory as HTTP/3 frames that have been received. When h2o is used as a reverse proxy, an attacker can abuse this vulnerability to send internal state of h2o to backend servers controlled by the attacker or third party. Also, if there is an HTTP endpoint that reflects the traffic sent from the client, an attacker can use that reflector to obtain internal state of h2o. This internal state includes traffic of other connections in unencrypted form and TLS session tickets. This vulnerability exists in h2o server with HTTP/3 support, between commit 93af138 and d1f0f65. None of the released versions of h2o are affected by this vulnerability. There are no known workarounds. Users of unreleased versions of h2o using HTTP/3 are advised to upgrade immediately.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
High
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)2.7% · higher than 86% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
H2
H2o · Dena
before 2021-12-20 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-43848
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-43848
Patch
https://github.com/h2o/h2o/commit/8c0eca3
Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/h2o/h2o/security/advisories/GHSA-f9xw-j925-m4m4
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